7-letter words containing i, n, s, p
- spinate — having thorns or a spine
- spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- spinner — a person or thing that spins.
- spinney — a small wood or thicket.
- spinode — cusp (def 3).
- spinoff — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spinose — full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
- spinoza — Baruch [buh-rook] /bəˈruk/ (Show IPA), or Benedict de [ben-uh-dikt duh] /ˈbɛn ə dɪkt də/ (Show IPA), 1632–77, Dutch philosopher.
- spinule — a small spine.
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- spiring — a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spiting — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- splenic — of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen: splenic nerves.
- splined — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- spoking — a simple past tense of speak.
- spongin — a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- sporing — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- springe — a snare for catching small game.
- springs — a leap, jump, or bound.
- springy — characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient: He walks with a springy step.
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spumoni — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- spunkie — a will-o'-the-wisp.
- sputnik — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- step in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
- step-in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
- stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stop in — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stoping — any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- swiping — a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
- tenpins — (used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- topspin — a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate forward.
- trypsin — a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- unspied — unnoticed
- unspilt — not spilled
- unsplit — not split
- unstrip — to strip
- upsilon — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- upswing — an upward swing or swinging movement, as of a pendulum.
- vespine — of or relating to wasps.
- windups — Plural form of windup.
- winesap — a red variety of apple that ripens in the autumn.
- winesop — A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
- wisping — a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.